Axle.



PATENTED JAN. 22 1907.

B. M. CROWLEY.

AXLE.

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BENAJAH MILL CROWLEY, OF OMAHA, GEORGIA.

AXLE.

No. 841,941. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J an. 22, 1907.

Application filed October 11, 1906. Serial No- 338.469.

To all", whmn it may concern;

1 The lower end of the bolt 4 passes through Be it known that I, BENAJAH MILL ORowl l the inner end of the shank 6, and the tap 9 LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at bears against the under side of the said shank. Omaha, in the county of Stewart and State The shank 6 is provided at its inner end and of Georgia, have invented a new and useful upon opposite sides with the vertically-ex- Axle, of which the following is a specifica- 1 tending lugs 10, which are embedded in the tion. axle 1 at opposite sides of the perforation This invention has relation to axles; and it l thereof that receives the bolt 4 and braces consists in the novel construction and arthe structure at this point and reduces the rangement of its parts as hereinafter shown tendency of the axle 1 to split at said boltand described. perforation. The said lugs also retain the The object of the invention is to provide a spindle against longitudinal movement with simple and durable axle, the major portion of relation to the axle 1. which is made of wood and the end or spindle From the foregoing portions forged from steel, effective securing observed that an extremely simple and at the means being provided, which securing means same time strong and durable combination of in its application does not weaken the parts wooden axle and metallic spindle is produced. with which they engage. Having described my invention, what I In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters a side elevation of one end of the axle. Fig. Patent, is 2 is a perspective view of one of the spindles The combination of a wooden axle having a detached, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional reach or hound attached thereto by means of view of the axle cut on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

The intermediate portion 1. of the axle is made from wood and may be of any suitable configuration. It is, however, provided at its under side and at its ends with the inspindle having a shank provided with a plane inclined upper side, said axle having a plane inclined under side which faces the inclined side of the shank, said shank having at its clined plane surfaces 2. The .hound or reach rear end a perforation which receives the 3 is bolted to the top of the axle 1 by means bolt, said shank having at its rear end and at of a bolt 4 in the usual manner. The spindle its opposite sides vertically-disposed lugs 5 is provided with the shank 6, which is recwhich are embedded in the axle at opposite tangular in cross-section. The upper side of sides of the bolt perforation and clips emthe shank 6 lies in an inclined plane and is l bracing said axle and spindle-shank.

adapted to bear against the inclined surface In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 2 of the axle 1, so that the lower edge of the my own I have hereto afljxed my signature in shank 6 will lie in the same plane as the lower the presence of two witnesses. edge of the axle 1. The clips 7 7 embrace BENAJAI-I MILL CROWLEY.

the axle 1 and the cross-plates 8 8 are 10- Witnesses: cated below the shank 6 and connect the ends W. J. CARTER, of the clips together in the usual manner. R. A. WADE.

description it will be a bolt passing through the axle, a metallic 

